WE CAN BE HEROES Robertson insists Scotland are ready to compete after letting themselves down at last Euros Scotland skipper says players are determined to have no regrets this time at their second successive European Championships Robertson insists team are excited at prospect of facing Germans and chance to become first Scots side to reach knockouts Captain has good memories of Allianz Arena after helping Liverpool overcome Bayern Munich there five years ago By John Mcgarry Published: 19:59 BST, 13 June 2024 | Updated: 20:28 BST, 13 June 2024 e-mail View comments Having waited 23 years to break a cycle of failure, Scotland’s return to the international stage ended in a fashion that was wearily familiar. With home advantage for their Euro 2020 games against the Czech Republic and Croatia either side of a trip to Wembley, hope sprung eternal that Steve Clarke’s team could become the first in history to break through the glass ceiling of the group stages. By the time Luka Modric ’s sorcery had condemned Scotland to a second loss on home soil, however, a point won against England in game two felt like scant consolation.

Just as had happened at the Euros of 1992 and 1996 and in eight World Cups stretching back to 1954, Scotland left the party before it started to get interesting. For all the pride at returning to the big stage was palpable, the sense that we departed it much too soon has lingered to this day. This then, is a chance for atonement.

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